Monday, 30 March 2015

Guardium is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by Israeli Aerospace industry It was designed for many applications that might be inconvenient or dangerous or impossible for a human operator. They have a set of sensors to observe their environment and make decisions autonomously and make decisions and pass information to a human operator in a different location who can control the vehicle through teleoperation.

It is used by the Israeli forces to guard against invaders along Gaza's borders. Guardium can be either be tele-operated or autonomously controlled It is the size of a Jeep J8 and is equipped with highly sensitive microphones, visible sensors, radars and infrared cameras.

The main purpose of Guardium is for surveillance, but you can not rule out the possibility of an attack, so the machine is equipped with both lethal and non lethal weapons for its protection. It uses its cameras to navigate the Gaza border and has inbuilt maps that guides it.

Guardium has some backup batteries just in case it runs out of power or if it needs to run for 24 hours non-stop. Its build int microphone are very sensitive and pick up sounds difficult for the human ears to hear. It also has speakers that can talk to people and respond to them just like a human.

With its 1.2 gears and the most advanced technology, Guardium is the most effective patrol vehicle used by the Israel Defense Force to operate as part of the border security operation since it can work and endure any weather and terrain.

Saturday, 14 March 2015

Samsung has launched two phones, Samsung Galaxy S6 And S6 Edge at MWC2015.S6 stunning metal bezel that cascades into sophisticated glass (it has a metal chassis, and glass covering the front and back) with dual-edge screens. Both the S6 and S6 Edge comes in charcoal, White and Gold.The S6 Edge is slim, sleek, elegant, the S6 gets a surfy blue and has a curved edge.

The S6 is lighter than its predecessor S5 and feels more balanced and solid than the S6 Edge.S6 has the power button located at the right side of the phone and the volume controls to the left side. The top has the menu button and microphone. The bottom edge has the charging point, power boosted speaker.

The downside to this phone is that there is no removable back panel meaning you cant change the battery or memory card. You cant upgrade from say 32G to 64G. Also the battery capacity hasnt changed that much (its even now lower), you have 2600mAh for the S6 Edge and 2500mAh for S6 and 2800mAh for its predecessor Samsung S5. It can give your 2 hours of HD video playback with just 10 minutes of charging.

One amazing feature is the wirless charging and also a normal chager too. The front facing camera is 5MP while the back camera is 16MP with 0.7 seconds activation for faster response and auto real-time HDR.

It has a beautiful 5.1" Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a 2560 x 1440 pixel QHD resolution. And for a hint on the price,

Samsung Galaxy S6 32 GB: €749 (around £560, $855, AU$1100)

Samsung Galaxy S6 64 GB: €849 (around £635, $970, AU$1240)

Samsung Galaxy S6 128 GB: €949 (around £710, $1085, AU$1390)

A look at the specification:

Screen: 5.1in, QHD, 1440x2560, 572ppi, Super AMOLED

Processor: 64-bit Exynos, 14nm process

RAM: 3GB LPDDR4

Storage: 32/64/128GB using UFS 2.0 tech – no microSD

Camera: 16MP, f1.9, Smart OIS, HDR (rear); 5MP, f1.9, HDR (front)

Battery: 2550mAh

Dimensions: 143.4x70.5x6.8mm, 138g

Colors: White, charcoal, gold, blue

Just to end by saying that Samsung is still sticking with Android as its operation system. All phones, S6, S6 Edge and S5 all have the Android operating system.